Stern Man with Bible Against Absurd Backdrop, Antique Tintype Portrait watercolor illustration At 13" inches across it

At 13" inches across it is not large

late 19th/early 20th c I believe

and somewhat smaller than this

Good condition with general light surface wear and a minor loss to the face of the bottom right corner of card

who made this large drawing I believe in the 1950s or so

Stern Man with Bible Against Absurd Backdrop, Antique Tintype Portrait watercolor illustration At 13" inches across itWhen I look at photographs it is pretty much all about content, and I do like to imagine what was going on at the moment a photo was taken. This tintype is beautifully crisp and clear, but what I love about it is the absurd juxtaposition between this very sober looking man holding up his bible and the almost Rococo studio backdrop with painted roses (one imagines they were pink) arching over him from one side and emerging again just behind his right